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    NASA pushes back after Kim Kardashian claims the 1969 moon landing was fake

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    24 points wslh | 19 comments | 01 Nov 25 01:08 UTC | HN request time: 1.176s | source | bottom
    1. elzbardico ◴[01 Nov 25 03:01 UTC] No.45778915[source]▶
    When I first watched Idiocracy decades ago, I thought it was a funny comedy.

    As the years came, I started to see it as a prophecy.

    And then, here we are, and we finally found out that Idiocracy is now a documentary.

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    2. ahurmazda ◴[01 Nov 25 03:18 UTC] No.45778988[source]▶
    Hear hear. Also, Carl Sagan’s famous warnings about the decline of science (from 1995) is equally prescient [1]

    1. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/632474-i-have-a-foreboding-...

    3. gdulli ◴[01 Nov 25 03:33 UTC] No.45779049[source]▶
    Who would have thought that freeing OJ would not turn out to be the low point of Robert Kardashian's legacy?
    4. musicale ◴[01 Nov 25 04:15 UTC] No.45779200[source]▶
    The original Kim Kardashian was replaced years ago. This latest edition is just an AI-generated deepfake.
    5. 1659447091 ◴[01 Nov 25 04:32 UTC] No.45779262[source]▶
    I suppose we’re to believe she’s not from the Alpha Quadrant either
    6. shawn_w ◴[01 Nov 25 04:55 UTC] No.45779353[source]▶
    I've started to feel that the movie is hopelessly optimistic about the future.
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    7. oarla ◴[01 Nov 25 05:04 UTC] No.45779387[source]▶
    Why is this news?
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    8. tstrimple ◴[01 Nov 25 05:09 UTC] No.45779400{3}[source]▶
    I’d love for our terrible presidents to be like Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho. Putting experts in charge and empowering them? Yes please. Instead our worst president brings the cast of “Ow my balls!” into the highest office.
    9. TkTech ◴[01 Nov 25 05:10 UTC] No.45779409[source]▶
    You wish this timeline was Idiocracy. In that universe the president realized he didn't know best, freely admitted it, and recruited the smartest man alive. Even gave him credit for the problems they solved.

    That would _never_ happen in this timelime. Imagine Trump thinking "Maybe I dont know anything about the weather, maybe I should ask an expert instead of suggesting nuking a hurricane."

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    10. add-sub-mul-div ◴[01 Nov 25 05:11 UTC] No.45779413[source]▶
    The last time CNN covered an inane reality show star he became president, so maybe they're prepping us for a fun 2028.
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    11. mindslight ◴[01 Nov 25 05:29 UTC] No.45779462{3}[source]▶
    Trump brainstorming about getting light or bleach in the body to kill Covid was a shimmer of him actually acting intelligently. He was just way back on the starting line, whereas most people cover that ground when they're children.
    12. peapicker ◴[01 Nov 25 06:28 UTC] No.45779644{3}[source]▶
    Since it’s Halloween I guess we had to have a terrifying post somewhere.
    13. B-Con ◴[01 Nov 25 07:00 UTC] No.45779745[source]▶
    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg1epp73ppo

    An article, for those who don't want to watch the submission's video.

    14. seanhunter ◴[01 Nov 25 07:09 UTC] No.45779774[source]▶
    Can you imagine studying at an elite institution, getting your dream job at NASA and your boss hands you your assignment: You have to compose an official response to some influencer clown who thinks the moon landings were fake.
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    15. itsoktocry ◴[01 Nov 25 11:08 UTC] No.45780773{3}[source]▶
    Well, either Trump never listens to experts and still managed to become an extremely successful business man and became President, twice, by sheer skill. Or he actually listens to experts.

    I bet you don't like either answer.

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    16. bfkwlfkjf ◴[01 Nov 25 12:25 UTC] No.45781113{4}[source]▶
    What's your view?
    17. Paradigm2020 ◴[01 Nov 25 13:02 UTC] No.45781317{4}[source]▶
    By what metric is he an extremely succesful businessman ?

    Why would he have to listen to experts to become president ?

    I personally think he's an expert salesman... But take away the wealth and time he was born in and he's neither president nor nearly as rich (he'd be comfortably off <> salesman.

    The truth is not always, but definitely very often, in the middle. I think most people don't like that answer.

    18. gus_massa ◴[02 Nov 25 01:54 UTC] No.45787228[source]▶
    Just assign the work for the specialists: "It's All About the Moon Landing | MythBusters | Season 6 Episode 2 | Full Episode" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yET8Z1D2PUM